After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.

Get your third grader in the habit of reading deeper by encouraging him to think about what's going on in this short story and why.

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Use this resource to help your students familiarize themselves with the concept of literary themes.

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

Little brothers and sisters can be annoying sometimes, but that's never an excuse to waste a perfectly good cupcake.

How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.

Learners will practice using nonfiction text features to support their understanding of a short text about the Winter Olympics.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored as one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement. Give your fourth and fifth graders a chance to deepen their understanding of his life and legacy through this reader’s theater activity.

In this exercise, your students will compare and contrast two fictional stories with the same characters.

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

Explore characters in literature by extracting clues from this paragraph about one of the main Secret Garden characters: Miss Mary Lennox.

Children learn about George Washington Carver, who rose from slavery to become a leading agricultural pioneer, innovator, inventor, and educator, in this historical heroes worksheet.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Use this graphic organizer to support learners' understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Learners practice comparing a variety of story elements, including characters, setting, and key events, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children learn key vocabulary related to the executive branch of the U.S. government in this spelling worksheet.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when comparing and contrasting.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.